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dire meaning in Kannada

ಅಗುರ್ವ

/ˈdaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/

dire in Kannada: ಅಗುರ್ವ, ತಲ್ಲಳಿಸುವ, ಮಲ್ಲಳಿಸುವ, ತೀವ್ರವಾದ. In English, dire means warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.

Kannada words for dire

ಅಗುರ್ವ, ತಲ್ಲಳಿಸುವ, ಮಲ್ಲಳಿಸುವ, ತೀವ್ರವಾದ, ಭಯಾನಕ, ಘೋರ

English meaning of dire

  1. adjective Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
  2. adjective Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
  3. adjective Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal.
  4. adjective Bad in quality, awful, terrible.

Full definition of dire

dire in a sentence

  • dire consequences; to be in dire straits
  • His dire blunder allowed her to checkmate him with her next move.

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Questions about dire in Kannada

What is the meaning of dire in Kannada?
Dire in Kannada is ಅಗುರ್ವ, ತಲ್ಲಳಿಸುವ, ಮಲ್ಲಳಿಸುವ, ತೀವ್ರವಾದ.
dire ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Dire: ಅಗುರ್ವ, ತಲ್ಲಳಿಸುವ, ಮಲ್ಲಳಿಸುವ, ತೀವ್ರವಾದ.
What does dire mean in English?
Dire means warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.

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Kannada words from Kannada Wiktionary: dire (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: dire (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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